The 'post female' cinema

IRON MAN, Batman, Big Angry Green Man — to judge from the new popcorn season it seems as if Hollywood has realized that the best way to deal with its female troubles is to not have any, women, that is.

A slightly un-focused article about how few women there are in cinema now.

How low can TV go?

This is Sue Naegle:
She has recently been made the president of the TV channel HBO. Thats the channel that brought us the feminist series 'Sex and the city'. Will Ms Naegle bring the viewers something a bit classier now? Perhaps something that relies on genuine wit for its entertainment, rather than crudity? Well, one of the first things she did in her new position as president was to commission a pilot for a new series called 'Hung', about a high school football coach with a large penis.

I'm so glad I watch hardly any TV. I recommend all men do the same and turn it off, particularly HBO.

Young man confronts feminist Germaine Greer

He put it to her that "if she were not a 69-year-old woman addressing a group of boys, but a 69-year-old man addressing a group of girls, such talk might have resulted in great umbrage".

Apparently the old bat was left speechless. That must be a first!

What 'sex and the city' did for women

What did sex and the city do for women around the world?

I can tell you what it did for them. It encouraged them, probably more than any other show, to view promiscuity and a vacuous, materialistic, singleton lifestyle of using men to be 'cool' and acceptable. It made them buy into the illusion that they could sleep around and live a 'party-girl' lifestyle during their 20s and 30s and still get an alpha male to marry them in their 40s.

Someone added in a great comment at the end:

"I think if some women feel "empowered" by a fictional TV show, they need to have a good look at where they are getting their sustenance for life.

I'm a bloke. The next Indiana Jones film is coming up soon - should I feel "empowered" by that? Nonsense, all of it.

A.N, London, UK"

Campaign to sue Al Gore gains support

Campaign to sue Al Gore gains support

One commenter posted: "Al Gore is not only a snake oil saleman, from what I understand he has interest in carbon trading comnpanies... so he has a monetary interest in engaging in his alarmism. I'm no lawyer but I think he could be taken to court for fraud in that instance."

Confucius on happiness

"If you want to be happy for a day, get drunk. If you want to be happy for three days, get married. If you want to be happy forever, cultivate a garden."

'Lost' Bond Theme

This is really interesting. It was the original theme song that was supposed to be used on 'Never say never again', but for some legal reason they ended up writing another one. Its a shame as this one really grows on you (despite being really cheesy in that late 70s/early 80s style!).

Click on Mr Connery's hairpiece to hear the track: